by Gordon Barratt | Apr 22, 2021 | News
Specialist graphite and graphene developer Tirupati Graphite has opened its second mine in Madagascar – Vatomina – where it remains on track to start commissioning the first 9 000 t/y processing plant in the second quarter. To support increasing demand for its...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 21, 2021 | News
Major Rio Tinto’s Alma smelter, in Quebec, has been tapped for the first installation and demonstration of an inert anode technology developed by the ELYSIS joint venture (JV), at a commercial size. The demonstration plant will have a capacity of 450 kiloamperes (kA),...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 21, 2021 | News
“Gas will be a repeat of coal but quicker. When we look at power generation, you can see that going really, really quickly.” This is what the head of company search at the Carbon Tracker Initiative told Bloomberg this month in comments on the future of natural gas in...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 21, 2021 | News
Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) Government is reportedly planning to purchase a mining permit granted to China Shenhua Energy for the Watermark coal mine. The Watermark coal project involves the development of three mining areas. Credit: Martina Janochová /...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 21, 2021 | News
CONTROVERSIAL: How the West Cumbria coal mine could look A PETITION to save proposals for a new coal mine in west Cumbria has been launched. Members of Whitehaven Town Council are spearheading the campaign in the hope of pushing the application through. A public...